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26 Construction WEST COAST PIPELINE H&MM October 1, 2007 | HotelMotel.com www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition Development pipeline to remain strong IN THE details Q&A with regional player R.D. Olson Construction is an Irvine, Calif.-based contracting and construction management company. Joseph J. Kilar, president of the company, has been in the construction industry for nearly 30 years. By Stacey Mieyal Higgins SENIOR EDITOR IN THE works Plans to develop a 225-room, 10-story, full-service Courtyard by Marriott in Allen, Texas, are under way, according to owner and developer John Q. Hammons. With construction slated for fall 2007 and an opening in 2009, the property will be part of The Village at Allen, an in-progress 181-acre, mixed-use development. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and its new lifestyle brand, aloft hotels worldwide, are partnering with Pollin Hotels III LLC to break ground on their ﬁrst hotel in Oregon. The 136-room aloft Portland is expected to open in 2008. Luxury condominiums, an upscale hotel, a contemporary art collection free to the public, a landmark restaurant and artists’ lofts will comprise the 21c Austin project in Texas when it opens in 2010. Project developers will break ground in the ﬁrst quarter of 2008. The project will feature a 209room hotel, 202 residential units, spa, pool, museum, restaurants and other amenities. The project will total 779,000 square feet. Each hotel room will feature original works of art, contemporary furnishings and luxurious amenities. American Hotel Development Partners LLC is to develop a 150-room Holiday Inn hotel in Tampa, Fla., to open in 2008. Rialto Property Partners will develop InterContinental Hotel Group’s Hotel Indigo in Athens, Ga. The 100-room hotel is slated to open in the spring of 2009. IHG’s operations division, The Hotel Management Group, will manage the hotel. Compiled by Stacey Higgins, shiggins@questex.com Q What notable projects is R.D. Olson working on in the western U.S.? The Marriott Residence Inn in Burbank, Calif. is a ﬁve-story, 166-room hotel under construction by The R.D. Olson The 166-room Marriott Res- Construction company. The $30-million hotel will have 166 guestrooms. idence Inn in Burbank, Calif.; the 174-room Renaissance What are the hottest Any other issues that are Club Sport and 64,000-squaremarkets for development affecting the pipeline for foot Health Club in Aliso Vie- in the West? Markets with the region? jo, Calif.; Morton’s Restaurant potential? Costs have remained relatively in Woodland Hills CalFrom the construction stable (though still high). There if.; Ritz-Carlton Spa — point of view, there still are increases projected but not as Marina del Ray, Calif.; seems to be a strong high as the past two years. There Marriot Coronado Ismarket for both new- is a long entitlement process in land — Coronado Isbuild hotels and reno- California, and there are high land, Calif.; renovation vations. We currently development costs. of the 267-room Hotel have potential projects Palomar Westwood — in both areas. We have How is your company Westwood, Calif.; and had interviews in Araddressing the high cost the Residence Inn Hotel Kilar izona and there seems issue? R.D. OLSON — Goleta, Calif. to be quite a bit of ac- On every job, we’re doing value tivity there. It seems to engineering. Even though prices Are there any trends in the be strong market. We’re still see- are relatively stable, they’re still hotel market in this region ing activity in San Diego and Los high, so we’re always looking to (segments, mixed-use, costs)? Angeles. R.D. Olson has activi- manage costs. There are a couWe have seen strong activity and ty in both markets. The Phoenix ple of projects we’re working on all areas of the hotel market in- area seems active, and more to- right now that are right on the cluding new builds, renovations wards the new football stadium border of go/no go because we’re and rebranding. [in Glendale] there are a couple trying to get to the right numof projects. bers. We still try to squeeze ev- Q Q ery dollar out to make sense for the developers. Q So, do you expect the pipeline to remain strong? Q I’m somewhat surprised that it has continued as long as it has, but there seems to be a lot of things on the table. The architects we talk to seem to be busy, so I would say it will last for at least two years with new projects starting from these architects. Q Q Is there anything else that might affect the pipeline? The instability of the market and the issue of getting money. It’s not directly related, but money is going to be an issue. I haven’t seen it from my end, but I think people who are trying to get projects off the ground are seeing it. shiggins@questex.com KeyLime Cove Water Resort KeyLime Cove Water Resort celebrates its construction halfway point during a topping-off ceremony and ﬁrst-look, hard hat tour of the Gurnee, Ill. facility given by the resort’s visionary— David W. Anderson, founder of “Famous” Dave’s Barbeque. The $137.5-million property, due to open February 2008, will have more than 400 suites and staterooms, restaurants, a spa and an indoor waterpark. KeyLime Cove Water Resort is the result of a partnership among Anderson of Edina, Minn.; Morrissey Hospitality Companies of St. Paul, Minn.; Planning Design Build of Madison, Wis.; and Virchow Krause Capital LLC of Madison, Wis. The partnership does business as KeyLime Cove of Gurnee LLC. KEYLIME COVE WATER RESORT R.D. OLSON CONSTRUCTION http://HotelMotel.com http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition

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